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In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the convergence of development and operations (DevOps) has become paramount for efficient and agile software delivery. In this context, the significance of LPIC-1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification - Level 1) cannot be understated.

LPIC-1 certification stands as a testament to not only a comprehensive understanding of Linux systems but also a foundational pillar for excelling in DevOps practices.


| Course Name                                        | Language       | Link                                                                                                           |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LPIC-1: Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500)   | English        | [Pluralsight](https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/certificate/lpic-one) (Requires Pluralsight subscription)      |
| OLD LPIC-1 Learning with Jadi                      | Persian        | [Aparat](https://www.aparat.com/v/vw7Gl?playlist=207575)                                                    |
| New LPIC-1 Learning with Jadi (Recording)          | Persian        | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqfrsmg4BKo&list=PL-tKrPVkKKE0kM18Sg5fqaZW1V2nidAeU&index=1)   |
| New LPIC-1 Learning with Jadi (Recording)          | English        | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKkNUvEHXhk&list=PLFOYXCPEqdNUU55Xvgst8wGTWnz_sd-cj)           |
| Jadi's free LPIC 1 book                            | English        | [linux1st](https://linux1st.com/)                                                                           |


LPIC 1

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Docker is a powerful platform that enables developers to package, distribute, and run applications within isolated and standardized environments called containers. These containers encapsulate an application and its dependencies, ensuring consistency and portability across different environments, from development to production. Docker's significance in the realm of DevOps (Development and Operations) cannot be overstated, as it has revolutionized the software development and deployment processes. 

| Resource Name                                     | Category          | Description                                           |
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Docker for the Absolute Beginner                  | Videos            | [**Course Link**](https://kodekloud.com/courses/docker-for-the-absolute-beginner/) (Free course, good for beginners) |
| Docker Deep Dive By Nigel Poulton                 | Books   | [**Book Link - Click here** ](https://www.amazon.com/Docker-Deep-Dive-Nigel-Poulton/dp/1521822808/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0) (English book for Docker fundamentals) |


Docker

Containerd, an industry-standard core container runtime, has earned its reputation as the backbone of many container platforms and orchestrators. With its focus on simplicity and performance, Containerd provides essential container runtime functionality while leaving higher-level orchestration tasks to platforms like Kubernetes. This separation of concerns allows for modularity and flexibility in designing container ecosystems.

From a DevOps perspective, Containerd's architecture emphasizes stability and interoperability, making it suitable for large-scale deployments. It abstracts complex tasks, such as image management and container lifecycle control, allowing developers and operators to focus on building and running applications rather than dealing with intricate container internals.

LXC (Linux Containers): A Classic Approach to Virtualization

On the other side of the spectrum lies LXC, an established form of lightweight virtualization that predates the container revolution. LXC provides a user-space interface for creating and managing system containers, offering an environment similar to virtual machines but without the overhead. LXC's granular resource allocation and isolation capabilities have made it a reliable choice for scenarios where close-to-bare-metal performance and true separation between workloads are essential.

While LXC shares some similarities with modern containers, its approach differs in terms of process isolation and resource control. It's an excellent option for cases where the use of traditional virtualization technologies might be overkill, yet the requirement for enhanced isolation is still present.

**Resources:**
| Resource Name             | Category | Description                                                  |
|---------------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Containerd Deep Dive      | Videos   | [Video Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUDDCetB7_A)   |


Containerd or LXC

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In the dynamic landscape of DevOps, where speed, reliability, and efficiency are paramount, Bash scripting emerges as a fundamental tool that transcends its humble origins. A command-line interpreter for Unix-like operating systems, Bash (Bourne Again SHell) scripting offers a versatile and powerful means to automate, streamline, and scale various tasks in the DevOps workflow.

| Resource Name                                             | Category          | Description                                                                                             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bash Script Tutorial With Alireza Amirsamimi              | Videos            | [Video Link](https://amirsamimi.ir/bash_tutorials/) (Persian Language videos) (Free)                 |
| Bash Script Tutorial                                     | Books/Docs/Code   | [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/bash-script-tutorial) (Sample Training Code)        |
| Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible 4th Edition  | Books/Docs/Code   | [Book Link](https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Command-Shell-Scripting-Bible/dp/1119700914/) (English book) |


Bash Script

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In the realm of DevOps, where collaboration, agility, and continuous delivery reign supreme, Git emerges as an indispensable tool that drives efficiency and innovation. Born as a distributed version control system, Git has evolved into a linchpin technology that underpins the collaborative DevOps landscape.

| Resource Name                  | Category          | Description                                                         |
|--------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Git Learning with Jadi         | Videos            | [Course Link](https://faradars.org/courses/fvgit9609-git-github-gitlab) (Persian Language) (Free) |
| Git Learning with Roocket      | Videos            | [Course Link](https://roocket.ir/series/learn-git-and-github) (Persian Language) (Free)        |
| Git Learning with Mosh         | Videos            | [Course Link](https://codewithmosh.com/p/the-ultimate-git-course) (English Language) (Free)   |
| Ry's Git Tutorial             | Books/Docs/Code   | [Book Link](https://www.amazon.com/Rys-Git-Tutorial-Ryan-Hodson-ebook/dp/B00QFIA5OC/) (English book for all levels) |
| Oh my git!                    | Games             | [Website Link](https://ohmygit.org/) (English Language) (Learn while having fun)           |


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In the dynamic landscape of DevOps, where agility and scalability are paramount, Terraform emerges as a powerful ally. As organizations strive to accelerate their development cycles and ensure seamless application deployment, Terraform plays a pivotal role in achieving these goals through its infrastructure as code (IaC) capabilities.

| Resource | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| [Terraform Tutorial](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/terraform-tutorial) | Sample training code from a non-public cloud provider. |
| [Terraform Tutorial by Hamed Farvardin](https://linux.tosinso.com/fa/videos/10492/%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85-(Terraform)-%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA-1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85) | Persian language video series (paid) on Terraform by Hamed Farvardin. |
| [Getting Started With Terraform on AWS by Sumeet Ninawe](https://spacelift.io/blog/terraform-tutorial) | Free English language tutorial by Sumeet Ninawe, covering Terraform usage on AWS. |


Hashicorp Terraform (Strongly Recommended)

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Pulumi transforms DevOps by uniting code and infrastructure. It speaks developers' languages, simplifies cloud management, and aligns infrastructure with software practices, boosting efficiency and collaboration.

Pulumi (optional)

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In the world of DevOps, Ansible shines as a game-changer. By automating tasks across systems and applications, it boosts efficiency, cuts down manual effort, and fosters smoother collaboration. From deployment to configuration management, Ansible's impact on DevOps is undeniable.

| Resource                                                                                                 | Description          |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| [Getting Start With Ansible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiVKs8GHYQ&list=PLT98CRl2KxKEUHie1m24-wkyHpEsa4Y70) | Beginner Video       |
| [Ansible Tutorial](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/Ansible-tutorial)                                 | Sample Training Code |
| [Ansible: From Beginner to Pro](https://www.amazon.com/Ansible-Beginner-Pro-Michael-Heap/dp/1484216601/ref=sr_1_19) | Beginner Book        |
| [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.amazon.com/Ansible-DevOps-Server-configuration-management/dp/0986393428/ref=sr_1_4) | Advanced Book        |


Ansible

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In the realm of DevOps, where automation reigns supreme, Puppet stands tall as a pioneer in infrastructure management. As organizations strive for efficiency, consistency, and scalability, Puppet emerges as a formidable tool that streamlines the orchestration and configuration of complex systems.

Puppet

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In the dynamic world of DevOps, SaltStack stands as a dynamic force in infrastructure automation. With its focus on high-speed orchestration and remote execution, SaltStack empowers organizations to manage and configure complex systems swiftly and effectively.

SaltStack

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Within the dynamic landscape of modern IT operations, Chef emerges as a guiding light for configuration management and automation. With its emphasis on infrastructure as code and scalable automation, Chef equips teams to define, deploy, and manage infrastructure with efficiency and uniformity.

**What is Chef?**

Chef is an open-source configuration management tool that automates the provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure. Through "recipes" and "cookbooks," Chef ensures that systems adhere to desired configurations, streamlining operations across diverse environments.

Chef

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In the ever-evolving landscape of IT operations, the quest for streamlined and efficient management of infrastructure is unceasing. Enter Ansible and Terraform, a powerful duo that transforms the orchestration of VMware vSphere environments, ushering in a new era of end-to-end automation.


| Resource                                                                                          | Description          |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| [**Terraform vsphere Ansible Tutorial**](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/terraform-vsphere-ansible) | Sample Training Code |


End-to-End Automation wit Ansible & Terraform

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In the realm of modern DevOps and cloud computing, Packer emerges as a powerful tool that revolutionizes the way software is packaged and deployed. With its focus on creating consistent and repeatable machine images, Packer plays a pivotal role in achieving immutable infrastructure.

**What is Packer?**

Packer is an open-source tool designed to automate the creation of identical machine images for multiple platforms. Whether it's virtual machines, containers, or cloud images, Packer streamlines the process of building and configuring these images, ensuring consistency across various environments.

| Resource                                                                                              | Description                 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| **Videos**                                                                                            |                             |
| [Packer Tutorial For Beginners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbv1lTF1wFU&list=PL8VzFQ8k4U1Jp6eWgHSXHiiRWRvPyCKRj&index=1) | English Language (Free)    |
| **Books/Docs/Code**                                                                                   |                             |
| [Packer Tutorial](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/packer-tutorial)                               |                             |


Hashicorp Packer

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Jenkins is an open-source automation server that enables continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and automation of repetitive tasks in the software development lifecycle. It provides a platform for building, testing, and deploying applications automatically, ensuring code changes are integrated smoothly and reliably.

**Resources:**
1.  [Jenkins Tutorial]() (Sample Traning Code)

Jenkins - Recommended

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CircleCI is a cloud-based continuous integration and delivery platform that automates the process of integrating code changes, running tests, and deploying applications. It provides a powerful framework for teams to automate and optimize their software delivery pipeline, ensuring faster releases and efficient development cycles.

CircleCI (paid service)

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TeamCity is a popular and powerful continuous integration and build automation server. It provides a platform for automating the process of building, testing, and deploying applications, ensuring that changes are integrated smoothly and code quality is maintained.


Teamcity (paid service)

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Bamboo aligns with the principles of DevOps by automating and streamlining the integration and deployment of code changes. Its role in promoting collaboration, accelerating feedback loops, and ensuring consistency aligns seamlessly with DevOps practices. Bamboo cultivates an environment where cross-functional teams collaborate effortlessly, code is integrated seamlessly, and software is delivered swiftly with quality intact, driving the spirit of continuous improvement and efficiency.

Bamboo

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GitLab CI/CD is an intrinsic part of the GitLab ecosystem, designed to streamline continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. By empowering teams to automate processes, GitLab CI/CD accelerates development cycles and ensures the seamless delivery of software with enhanced quality.

**Resources:**
- [**Mastering GitLab 12: Implement DevOps culture and repository management solutions**](https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-GitLab-Implement-repository-management-ebook/dp/B07W6F6SGG/ref=sr_1_3) (Beginner-To-Advanced English book to get familiar with GitLab and its scenarios as the real-world examples explain.)

GitLab

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In the fast-paced world of software development, streamlining processes and ensuring efficient collaboration among teams is paramount. This is where GitHub Actions come into play, serving as a powerful tool for automating various tasks throughout the software development lifecycle. From building and testing code to deploying applications, GitHub Actions offer a plethora of use cases in the realm of DevOps.

**Resources:**
- [Automate your workflow from idea to production](https://youtu.be/X3F3El_yvFg) (CI/CD With GitHub Actions) (English Language) (Free)

GitHub Actions

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In the ever-evolving landscape of modern software deployment, Kubernetes has emerged as a guiding star for organizations seeking to harness the power of containerization and scale their applications seamlessly. Born out of Google's internal container orchestration system, Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for managing containerized applications across diverse environments.

The Containerization Revolution

Before Kubernetes, deploying and managing applications could often be a complex and error-prone endeavor. Containers revolutionized this process by encapsulating applications and their dependencies, providing consistency across development, testing, and production environments. However, as applications grew in complexity, so did the challenges of orchestrating these containers at scale.

Smooth Sailing with Kubernetes

Kubernetes tackles these challenges head-on by automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. At its core, Kubernetes provides a framework that enables developers to declare their application's desired state, and the system takes care of ensuring that the current state matches the desired state.

**Resources:**
- [Kubernetes Tutorial for Beginners [FULL COURSE in 4 Hours]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48VuDVv0do) (It's a great start to learn what is kubernetes)(Free)
- [Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)](https://www.udemy.com/course/certified-kubernetes-administrator-with-practice-tests/) (Kubernetes Administration course by Mumshad, also has a free lab on kodekloud for anyone who bought the course from udemy)(Paid)
- [Kubernetes Complete Reference](https://github.com/ahmadalibagheri/kubernetes-complete-reference) (Sample Traning Code)
 - [Kubernetes in real world](https://github.com/Mozart4242/kubernetes-real-world)

Kubernetes

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Helm is a popular open-source package manager for Kubernetes, designed to simplify the deployment and management of applications and services on a Kubernetes cluster. It helps streamline the process of creating, sharing, and managing Kubernetes manifests and configurations by providing a templating system and a way to package and version these configurations into reusable "charts."

**Resources:**
- [Learn Helm with this full "Mini Course" - Richard Chesterwood](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSwo-wAGP1b8svO5fbAr7ko2Buz6GuH1g) (English Language) (Free)

Helm (Kubernetes Package manager)

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GitOps is a modern approach to managing and automating the deployment, management, and operation of cloud-native applications and infrastructure using Git as the single source of truth. The term "GitOps" was popularized by Weaveworks, a company focused on Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.


**Resources:**
 - [Jenkins-X](https://jenkins-x.io/) (CI/CD) (Free)
 - [ArgoCD](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) (CD) (free)
 - [Spinnaker](https://spinnaker.io/) (CD) (free)


GitOps

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Prometheus is an open source monitoring system for which Grafana provides out-of-the-box support. This topic walks you through the steps to create a series of dashboards in Grafana to display system metrics for a server monitored by Prometheus.



**Resources:**
- [**Prometheus: Up & Running: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring**](https://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-Infrastructure-Application-Performance-Monitoring/dp/1492034142/ref=sr_1_1) (English Book)
- [**Prometheus Tutorial | Monitoring with Prometheus And Grafana | Prometheus Grafana Tutorial | Edureka**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW5pSM6dlU)

Prometheous + Grafana (Free)

Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana are a popular combination of open-source tools often used for monitoring and visualizing various metrics and data. Here's an overview of each component and how they work together:


**Telegraf**: Telegraf is an open-source data collection agent that can gather data from various sources, such as system metrics, application performance, network data, and more. It supports a wide range of input plugins that allow it to collect data from different systems and services. Telegraf can then transform and send this data to various outputs, including InfluxDB.


**InfluxDB**: InfluxDB is a time-series database designed for handling high volumes of time-stamped data. It's optimized for storing metrics, events, and other time-based data. InfluxDB provides a powerful query language called InfluxQL for retrieving and manipulating data. It's commonly used to store the data collected by Telegraf and serves as the backend database for Grafana.

**Grafana**: Grafana is an open-source platform used for creating dashboards and visualizing data from various sources, including databases like InfluxDB. Grafana provides a user-friendly interface for designing customized dashboards with graphs, charts, and other visualization elements. It supports multiple data sources and offers a range of visualization options and plugins.

Telegraf + InfluxDB + Grafana (Free)

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform that provides comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and visualization capabilities for various applications, infrastructure, and services. It's designed to help organizations monitor their entire technology stack and gain insights into the performance, availability, and health of their systems. Datadog supports a wide range of use cases, from IT operations and DevOps to application performance monitoring and business intelligence.

Datadog (Paid)

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The ELK Stack, now known as the Elastic Stack, is a set of open-source tools developed by Elastic for ingesting, storing, searching, and visualizing large volumes of data. Each letter in "ELK" stands for a component of the stack:




**Elasticsearch**: Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine. It's designed to store and index large volumes of data and provide fast and flexible search capabilities. Elasticsearch uses a document-oriented approach, where data is stored as JSON documents and can be easily searched and queried.

**Logstash**: Logstash is a data processing pipeline that helps you ingest, transform, and enrich data before sending it to Elasticsearch for storage and analysis. It supports various input sources, including logs, metrics, and other structured or unstructured data. Logstash allows you to parse, filter, and modify the data before it's indexed.


**Kibana**: Kibana is a web-based data visualization tool that works in conjunction with Elasticsearch. It provides a user-friendly interface for creating custom dashboards, visualizations, and graphs to explore and analyze your data. Kibana makes it easy to interact with data stored in Elasticsearch and gain insights from it.

**Resources:**
- [Complete Guide to Elasticsearch](https://www.udemy.com/course/elasticsearch-complete-guide/) (To learn elasticsearch itself)
- [Data Visualization with Kibana](https://www.udemy.com/course/data-visualization-with-kibana/) (To learn the visualizations with Kibana)
- [Data Processing with Logstash and Filebeat](https://www.udemy.com/course/processing-events-with-logstash/) (To learn the pipeline design and implementation using Logstash)

ELK Stack

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New Relic is an observability platform that helps you build better software. You can bring in data from any digital source so that you can fully understand your system, analyze that data efficiently, and respond to incidents before they become problems. As extensive as the capablities of New Relic are, you can get started with the platform by following a three-step procedure.


**Resources:**
- [**Newrelic University**](https://learn.newrelic.com/)
- [**APM Certification Training**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf1WrQsfhy8)

NewRelic

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

**Resources:**
- [AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner](https://www.itpro.tv/courses/aws/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner/) (Paid)

- [AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional](https://www.itpro.tv/courses/aws/aws-certified-devops-engineer-professional-dopc01/) (Paid)